Attachment for draftsmen&#39;s drawers



Sept. 2, 1930. l R. C. EATON ATTACHMENT FOR DRAFTsMEN's DRAwERs Filed May 16. l928- --Patented Sept. Y2, 1930 REUBEN lc'inATorr,V or "LEOMTNSTER, MASSACHUSETTS ATTACHMENT Ton nrArTsrinNs DRAWERS there has been a'need for such an article. My

invention is particularly applicable to use A'in coordination fwith 'y drawers for" architects drawings, bluelprints and the hke',l1nwhich 15 there isordinarilyf.provided w-hatis calledk a flash-board lin t'lrerearpart;V Itfisvdesirable in such an appliance that thedrawer bev leftentirely clear as far a'sfpracticabl'e' with'- outY projecting parts on 'the inner sides when 20 open for thev reception'or removal of drawings,- and itis also desirablethat there should be no projections aho-ve'orwithout the .bodv of the drawer when itis closed or to be closed. Itis an object of my invention to attain these .25 endsv and in addition provide anappliance which, while adapted toy lie closely against the front end of the drawer, may still move upwardly and vdownwardly to accommodate itself to drawings while lying flat upon the ae same, to hold the edges and cornersso that l they will not curl. e k f Additional objects, advantagesl and featuresfof invention reside inthe construction, arrangement and combination ofv parts as vwill be understood from the-followin'g description i and accompanying drawings, wherein, f,

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a drawer equipped with my invention, with the parts of my device dotted in'openposif tion with respect tothel drawer. 1

Figure 2 is a top view of the front end of the drawer. n Y

` Figure' 3 is afragmentary cross sectional view of the outer link of my appliance.

There is'illustrated a drawer 10 which may be of any usual construction for containing large and small sheets of drawings such as are kept by architects and engineers in their *drafting departments, thedrawer having a 112,28.' seriai N; 2715,30?,v

front board 11 to which there attachedtlie v vfamiliar drawer pull 12 by which the drawer be opened. In the rear portion of the drawerv there is laid; aboard 14 adapted to rest upon the rear y'portion'of .papers inthe drawer, being similar 'to' and mountedrin the sameway as the board' 14s-'at the front lportion, and now to be described.y At the for-f` ward part of-thedrawer there 'is providedV a supplementary rremovable presser' board or weight 14 connected in such manner-to the Sides'of the dra-wer that itmay lie flat by gravity upon. the papers yl'which arev laid in the lower part of the drawer v'under the boards fland 14.l As shown, it isadapted'V eoY esi, y

to" accommodate itself :to the paperss'o; that it' inclined in case'there are fewer sheets` V`under rone side than under rthe, other, so` that all may-be pressed upon alikeror in case-theA Y Y sheets thereunder are of an even depth it will lie horizontally in the drawer resting upon the papers thereunder, and: ineithe'r' eventk the edges and corners lof the papers: will ,bev heldv down'and prevented from curling upTV ward.v VThe presser-board ,14 isv ordinarily formed of wood, vthough any other material may be used, such as fiber boa-rd or the like.

As embodied,for using a wooden board'th'e connectionsv include at each side of the'y drawer an outer link 16 with channelled inner sides in'whichthe end edges oft-he board'are set and secured by means of,A screws engag'edV Y through proper apertures in the link 16;: The i linkpr'ojectsat the ffro'ntedge'of the board, c y wherejears'17fareformed,to thef'extremitics of which thereare pivoted respective long links 18lwhile to the extremities of theflinks l18 there are fpivotedouter "shortlinks 19.k

Y The links 19 y.are pivoted attheir outer ends Yup'on therespectivesides 20 of thefdrawer atv a distance from the upperA edge'of the drawer `slifgghtly less than ther-adiusv of the link 19, so that the latter may swing upwardv ly to supportthe link 1S above the top edge of theV drawer, `permitting the link/18 to eX- Y tend forwardly, resting upon the' top vedge of the front vboard 11 of the'drawer,"as dotted in Figure 1. The links'l) arev pivoted'uponf respective sides of the' drawer at ,a ydistanceg from thetop edge slightly less than the rag#r uic Y kDrawings being heldk under the board, in case it is desired to reinoye a small drawing Aen diusfof this link, so that when it is swung upwardly'the link 18 may entend therefrom `horizontally or downwardly over the front board 11 of the drawer, as dotted in Figure l. The links are yall 'freely movable and so shaped that they may lie close beside or swing past each other,r permitting` the board 14 to fall ,easily into whatever ,position i it may upon the papers thereunder, where it serves as afweight to flatten them. In theuse of thisiappliance, the parts beingj connected as described, the links 19l and 18 extend rearwardly from the pivotal connection with the side ofthe drawer, with the board 14 extending forwardly vbetween Lthe links from adjacent the rear or inner end of the .lilik 18. 'lfhe iorwardedge of the board 14 is preferably spaced slightly from the front boardllv of the drawer when the boardV 14,A

is at itslowermost positionin the drawer.

or examine the drawings to locate a particuylarvone,vthe front edge of theV board14 is simply raised andmoved rearwardly on the rear endsof the links 18 as pivots until 1t falls uponthe boar-dior whatever else may be immediately inward ofthe initial position of the board 1 4.` A drawing maybe pulled out `trom under the boards 14 and 14 but if desired the kboard 14 may be raised bodily,

drawn forwardly andallowed to fall in front of the drawer, where it hang from the `forwardly projecting ends of the links 18' as `shown 1n dotted lines in Figure 1, while the board 14 may be raised atene edge, or bodily. For puttingk new vdrawings 1n place in the drawer, the board'14shouldibe swung to the forward position in front of the drawer, and

fthe board 14raised as necessary. ...The board .14 may be raised andpushed slidably back over the board 13 at the` rear end of the drawer, across thetop edges, by the move- -ments indicated at b and c, the board 14V being adapted to rest' upon the contents at kvarious positions Figurel.y i

from 'a tol), asindicated in It will beobservedl that by reason of the links 18 extending forwardly from a pivotal connection with the links 19 above. the top of the drawer, they do'not project into the I way of'persons handling drawings or using ythe drawer cabinet.

thedrawer in removing or replacing sheets. It is also apparent that with the parts in closed position the drawer and incorporated partsmay readily clear the frame-work of they may lie so close beside the sides of the drawer that when the board 14 is turned rearwai-diy, drawings of ordinary sizes may be drawn out between `the links without liability of damage. The links hold the board 14 rigidly against lateral movement, but permit the freest desired movement from and to the varied positions described.

y I claim:

LMA horizontal drawer, a weight member having a shape adapted-to lie upon and hold papers thereunder in desired position and a mounting therefor comprising a first link at each side having a channel form receiving one edge of the weight and at least two links connected in train with the extremity of each first link and to the adjacent side of the drawer, the last-named links clearing the path of pivotal movement of the weight, the length of said train plus the distance from the connection at the side of the drawer to the nearest fixed .cross member` of the drawer being greater than the corresponding measurement or the weight.

2. A device of the vcharacter described consisting of a drawer, a weight member adapted to lie within the drawer and across the edges of papers, relatively long links connected pivctally to respective sides of the weight memberclosely adjacent one transverseboundary,

Y and respective relatively short links connected-to the extremities of the long links, and to the sidesfo'f the drawer, said short links being of such a length as to allow saidrlong links to swing above the top of the drawer.

In testimony whereof I aiiX my signature.

f REUBEN C. EATON. 

